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Microsoft has released POSReady 7 and it is now available to order. An evaluation version of POSReady 7 is already available for download from the Microsoft Windows Embedded website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/downloads/download-windows-embedded-posready-7.aspx The new POSReady 7 is based an Windows Embedded Standard 7 technology and includes new Embedded Enabling Features such as the Enhanced Write Filter and a new Keyboard Filter Driver. DISM also allows to add and remove features after installation. More information can be found here: https://www.elbacom.com/embedded/products/wes/posready7

Microsofts new Windows Embedded POSReady 7 is currently available as Community Technical Preview 2 on the Microsoft Connect website. Olivier Bloch from the Microsoft Windows Embedded team has created a great video showing how to use all the features that come with Windows Embedded POSReady 7 to create a customized and secure end-user experience. He shows how to boot the system from a VHD file, configuring your application as the default shell using Shell Launcher and how to configure the Enhanced Write Filter with the new management tools. The video can be found in his blog on MSDN: Windows Embedded [...]

Olivier Bloch from the Microsoft Windows Embedded team created several very informative videos about various scenarios for Windows Embedded Standard 7 devices. He covers topics like why use Windows Embedded Standard 7, how to create a customized Media Center experience and shows how to benefit from features like DLNA. The videos can be found in his blog on MSDN: Windows 7 features for Embedded Custom Media Center Experience with Windows Embedded Standard 7 DLNA support in Windows Embedded Standard 7

Microsoft has published a workaround for the case that you use EWF and that WinSAT is included in your image and it consumes too much memory. The article is about the following scenario: You develop a Windows Embedded Standard 7 or Windows Embedded Standard 7 Service Pack 1 image for your device. You added "Performance Monitoring" package in your answer file using Image Configuration Editor. You added "Enhanced Write Filter with HORM" package in your answer file to protect the system (C:) volume. You deployed your image without executing "winsat prepop". You enabled EWF for the runtime image. The complete [...]

The Windows Embedded Standard 2009 May 2011 Feature Update adds two additional applications “Enahnced Write Filter Management Tool” and “File Based Write Filter Management Tool” which allow you to monitor the status and configure the filter drivers in you images. The applications will start on the system start and appear in the systray also showing notifications when the overlays runs full. However the tools can be configured to deactivate the automatic startup too. The new features can be downloaded from the Microsoft ECE: Window Embedded Standard 2009 May 2011 Feature Update The two tools have a dependency on the Write [...]

Elbacom is working together with Coder for Life to provide you the Windows 7 Boot Updater tool that allows you to fully customize your Windows Embedded Standard 7 Bootlogo! With the tool you can easily update your devices bootlogo so that the end user does not recognize that it is Windows that is running on the device. The Windows 7 Boot Updater enables you to do the following customizations: Change the bootanimation Use a static image as bootlogo either as a fullscreen image or instead of the animation Change the texts and their positions Change the colors The tool updates the [...]

DISMUI was updated to work with the CTP2 of Windows Embedded POSReady 7. The tool allows you easily add and remove Feature Packages in POSReady 7 CTP2 via a graphical user interface. The new version fixes minor issues when using a POSReady 7 CTP Distribution Share. Changes: Fixes when using a POSReady 7 CTP Distribution Share Suppresses Conflict Dialog when no packages are available to select Permanent Packages check in Conflict Dialog  

Microsoft has published the second CTP for Windows Embedded POSReady 7. It can be obtained from the Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Connect site. The new release includes some new features, such as: Increased componentization Native VHD boot support Write Filter Management Graphical User Interface Write Filter Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Provider 36 Language Packs Download: https://connect.microsoft.com/posready/POSReady7CTP  

The new Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 enables you to manage all your embedded devices with a single tool. This new tool integrates into Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and it not only allows you to deploy and update images – you can differentiate between device types. This way updates can be deployed, e.g. only to Thin Clients but not to kiosks however both device types run Windows Embedded Standard 7. Another great feature is that Windows Embedded Device Manager 2011 is able to control the write filters which might be enabled on your devices. Normally when a system [...]